Apocalypse: World War I (2014)

Original title

Apocalypse : La 1ère Guerre mondiale

Directed by

Isabelle Clarke

Genre

documentary, war & politics

Country

France, Canada

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 290 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This French-Canadian documentary series uses restored and colorized archive footage to tell the story of World War I from its beginning to its end. It covers major events and includes both known and previously unseen period recordings.

informationalchronologicalsobereducationalhistoricalmatter-of-factrestrainedserious

What happens

Apocalypse: World War I (in French: Apocalypse, la Première Guerre mondiale) is a TV series made up of 5 French documentaries created by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, and narrated by Mathieu Kassovitz. Originally broadcast in 2014, it chronologically traces the history of World War I, from its origins to the end of the war. It gathers known or unpublished period documents and recounts the great events of the war, from restored and colorized archive images. It is part of the Apocalypse series, produced by CC&C and ECPAD. It was originally broadcast on Belgian Une (RTBF) from March 2, 2014, to March 16, 2014, on France 2 from March 18, 2014, to April 1, 2014, and in Canada on TV5 Québec Canada in May 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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